5th Avenue & 131st Street

The four-way crossing of 5th Avenue and 131st Street is in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore is 210 feet away, and Harlem Pentecostal Assembly is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 44 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
5 Av/W 132 St · M1
Within a walk
44 places
22 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
5th Avenue & 131st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 125 St 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Harlem Timeline” (1995) by Willie Birch at the 135 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/W 132 St, 180 feet away, for the M1.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/W 132 St M1 · Shelter
    180 feet
    M1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & W 131 St 20 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1890 Park Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 245 East 124th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
25 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 131st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 131st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 5th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 27 Individual Landmarks, and 29 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1883.

  1. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints School Designated landmark
    720 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. Roman Catholic Church of All Saints Parish House Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 133 Fred R Moore School
    210 feet
  2. Fellowship of Learning School
    430 feet
  3. Ecumenical Community Development Organization Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Optimal Care Services Preschool
    910 feet
  2. Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School
    970 feet
  3. District 5 Lyfe Program at Harlem Renaissance Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  4. Harlem Renaissance High School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Courtney Callender Playground
    60 feet
  2. Moore Playground
    500 feet
  3. Harlem Grows 131st Street Farm Garden
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. Harlem Rose Garden
    700 feet
  2. Collyer Brothers Park
    800 feet
  3. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    880 feet
  4. Unity Park Garden
    1,240 feet
  5. 132 St Block Association Park
    1,260 feet
  6. West 132nd Street Garden
    1,260 feet
  7. Edward P. Bowman Park Garden
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Astor Row Houses Listed historic place
    850 feet
  3. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Central Baptist Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Harlem Pentecostal Assembly House of worship
    280 feet
  3. St Ambrose Episcopal Church House of worship
    340 feet
Show all 12
  1. Kelly Temple God Christ Church House of worship
    410 feet
  2. The Church of the People House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Second Corinthian Baptist Church House of worship
    480 feet
  4. Shiloh Church Christ Disciples House of worship
    740 feet
  5. Christ Temple in the Village of Harlem House of worship
    800 feet
  6. Bethel AME Church House of worship
    820 feet
  7. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    950 feet
  8. St John Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  9. Christ Community Church of Harlem House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,000 feet
  2. Hansborough Recreation Center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.